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Nam H, Xie K, Majumdar I, Yang S, Starzyk J, Lee D, Shan R, Li J, Wu H. Engineering Tripartite Gene Editing Machinery for Highly Efficient Non-Viral Targeted Genome Integration. Res Sq 2023:rs.3.rs-3365585. [PMID: 37961210 PMCID: PMC10635301 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3365585/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Non-viral DNA donor template has been widely used for targeted genomic integration by homologous recombination (HR). This process has become more efficient with RNA guided endonuclease editor system such as CRISPR/Cas9. Circular single stranded DNA (cssDNA) has been harnessed previously as a genome engineering catalyst (GATALYST) for efficient and safe targeted gene knock-in. Here we developed enGager, a system with enhanced GATALYST associated genome editor, comprising a set of novel genome editors in which the integration efficiency of a circular single-stranded (css) donor DNA is elevated by directly tethering of the cssDNA to a nuclear-localized Cas9 fused with ssDNA binding peptides. Improvements in site-directed genomic integration and expression of a knocked-in DNA encoding GFP were observed at multiple genomic loci in multiple cell lines. The enhancement of integration efficiency, compared to unfused Cas9 editors, ranges from 1.5- to more than 6-fold, with the enhancement most pronounced for transgenes of > 4Kb in length in primary cells. enGager-enhanced genome integration prefers ssDNA donors which, unlike traditional dsDNA donors, are not concatemerized or rearranged prior to and during integration Using an enGager fused to an optimized cssDNA binding peptide, exceptionally efficient, targeted integration of the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) transgene was achieved in 33% of primary human T cells. Enhanced anti-tumor function of these CAR-T primary cells demonstrated the functional competence of the transgenes. The 'tripartite editors with ssDNA optimized genome engineering' (TESOGENASE™) systems help address the efficacy needs for therapeutic gene modification while avoiding the safety and payload size limitations of viral vectors currently used for CAR-T engineering.
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- Hangu Nam
- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Full Circles Therapeutics, INC. 625 Mount Auburn St., Ste. 105, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Full Circles Therapeutics, INC. 625 Mount Auburn St., Ste. 105, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Full Circles Therapeutics, INC. 625 Mount Auburn St., Ste. 105, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Full Circles Therapeutics, INC. 625 Mount Auburn St., Ste. 105, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Full Circles Therapeutics, INC. 625 Mount Auburn St., Ste. 105, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
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- Full Circles Therapeutics, INC. 625 Mount Auburn St., Ste. 105, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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Alexander SPH, Kelly E, Mathie AA, Peters JA, Veale EL, Armstrong JF, Buneman OP, Faccenda E, Harding SD, Spedding M, Cidlowski JA, Fabbro D, Davenport AP, Striessnig J, Davies JA, Ahlers-Dannen KE, Alqinyah M, Arumugam TV, Bodle C, Dagner JB, Chakravarti B, Choudhuri SP, Druey KM, Fisher RA, Gerber KJ, Hepler JR, Hooks SB, Kantheti HS, Karaj B, Layeghi-Ghalehsoukhteh S, Lee JK, Luo Z, Martemyanov K, Mascarenhas LD, McNabb H, Montañez-Miranda C, Ogujiofor O, Phan H, Roman DL, Shaw V, Sjogren B, Sobey C, Spicer MM, Squires KE, Sutton L, Wendimu M, Wilkie T, Xie K, Zhang Q, Zolghadri Y. The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Introduction and Other Protein Targets. Br J Pharmacol 2023; 180 Suppl 2:S1-S22. [PMID: 38123153 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24 is the sixth in this series of biennial publications. The Concise Guide provides concise overviews, mostly in tabular format, of the key properties of approximately 1800 drug targets, and about 6000 interactions with about 3900 ligands. There is an emphasis on selective pharmacology (where available), plus links to the open access knowledgebase source of drug targets and their ligands (www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand properties. Although the Concise Guide constitutes almost 500 pages, the material presented is substantially reduced compared to information and links presented on the website. It provides a permanent, citable, point-in-time record that will survive database updates. The full contents of this section can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.16176. In addition to this overview, in which are identified 'Other protein targets' which fall outside of the subsequent categorisation, there are six areas of focus: G protein-coupled receptors, ion channels, nuclear hormone receptors, catalytic receptors, enzymes and transporters. These are presented with nomenclature guidance and summary information on the best available pharmacological tools, alongside key references and suggestions for further reading. The landscape format of the Concise Guide is designed to facilitate comparison of related targets from material contemporary to mid-2023, and supersedes data presented in the 2021/22, 2019/20, 2017/18, 2015/16 and 2013/14 Concise Guides and previous Guides to Receptors and Channels. It is produced in close conjunction with the Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (NC-IUPHAR), therefore, providing official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where appropriate.
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- Stephen P H Alexander
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, IP4 1QJ, UK
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- Neuroscience Division, Medical Education Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK
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- Medway School of Pharmacy, The Universities of Greenwich and Kent at Medway, Anson Building, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LE, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- University of Michigan, East Lansing, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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Nam H, Xie K, Majumdar I, Yang S, Starzyk J, Lee D, Shan R, Li J, Wu H. TESOGENASE, An Engineered Nuclease Editor for Enhanced Targeted Genome Integration. bioRxiv 2023:2023.08.28.553855. [PMID: 37693500 PMCID: PMC10491117 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.28.553855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Non-viral DNA donor template has been widely used for targeted genomic integration by homologous recombination (HR). This process has become more efficient with RNA guided endonuclease editor system such as CRISPR/Cas9. Circular single stranded DNA (cssDNA) has been harnessed previously as a g enome engineering c atalyst (GATALYST) for efficient and safe targeted gene knock-in. However, the engineering efficiency is bottlenecked by the nucleoplasm trafficking and genomic tethering of cssDNA donor, especially for extra-large transgene integration. Here we developed enGager, en hanced G ATALYST a ssociated g enome e ditor system by fusion of nucleus localization signal (NLS) peptide tagged Cas9 with various single stranded DNA binding protein modules through a GFP reporter Knock-in screening. The enGager system assembles an integrative genome integration machinery by forming tripartite complex for engineered nuclease editors, sgRNA and ssDNA donors, thereby facilitate the nucleus trafficking of DNA donors and increase their active local concentration at the targeted genomic site. When applied for genome integration with cssDNA donor templates to diverse genomic loci in various cell types, these enGagers outperform unfused editors. The enhancement of integration efficiency ranges from 1.5- to more than 6-fold, with the effect being more prominent for > 4Kb transgene knock-in in primary cells. We further demonstrated that enGager mediated enhancement for genome integration is ssDNA, but less dsDNA dependent. Using one of the mini-enGagers, we demonstrated large chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) transgene integration in primary T cells with exceptional efficiency and anti-tumor function. These tripartite e ditors with s sDNA o ptimized g enome en gineering system (TESOGENASE TM ) add a set of novel endonuclease editors into the gene-editing toolbox for potential cell and gene therapeutic development based on ssDNA mediated non-viral genome engineering. Highlight A reporter Knock-in screening establishes enGager system to identify TESOGENASE editor to improving ssDNA mediated genome integrationMini-TESOGENASEs developed by fusing Cas9 nuclease with novel ssDNA binding motifsmRNA mini-TESOGENASEs enhance targeted genome integration via various non-viral delivery approachesEfficient functional CAR-T cell engineering by mini-TESOGENASE.
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Ji W, Yan S, Zhao L, Xie K. Gallium and other valuable components recovery from phosphorus flue dust by a novel process combining vacuum chlorination and water leaching. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Li Y, Sun H, Song J, Zhang Z, Lan H, Tian L, Xie K. Effect of Two-Step Sintering on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of 5YSZ and 8YSZ Ceramics. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:2019. [PMID: 36903130 PMCID: PMC10004163 DOI: 10.3390/ma16052019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) has been widely used in structural and functional ceramics because of its excellent physicochemical properties. In this paper, the density, average gain size, phase structure, and mechanical and electrical properties of conventionally sintered (CS) and two-step sintered (TSS) 5YSZ and 8YSZ are investigated in detail. As the grain size of YSZ ceramics became smaller, dense YSZ materials with a submicron grain size and low sintering temperature were optimized in terms of their mechanical and electrical properties. 5YSZ and 8YSZ in the TSS process significantly improved the plasticity, toughness, and electrical conductivity of the samples and significantly suppressed the rapid grain growth. The experimental results showed that the hardness of the samples was mainly affected by the volume density, that the maximum fracture toughness of 5YSZ increased from 3.514 MPa·m1/2 to 4.034 MPa·m1/2 in the TSS process, an increase of 14.8%, and that the maximum fracture toughness of 8YSZ increased from 1.491 MPa·m1/2 to 2.126 MPa·m1/2, an increase of 42.58%. The maximum total conductivity of the 5YSZ and 8YSZ samples under 680 °C increased from 3.52 × 10-3 S/cm and 6.09 × 10-3 S/cm to 4.52 × 10-3 S/cm and 7.87 × 10-3 S/cm, an increase of 28.41% and 29.22%, respectively.
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- Yunpeng Li
- National Engineering Research Center for Green Recycling of Strategic Metal Resource, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- College of Metallurgy and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Green Recycling of Strategic Metal Resource, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Green Recycling of Strategic Metal Resource, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Green Recycling of Strategic Metal Resource, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, China
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- School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160, China
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- College of Metallurgy and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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Zhao YK, Xie K, Bao LW, Chen YF, Luo XP, Shi HM, Zhu N, Yang MJ, Cheng X, Wang HY, Li J. [Recurrent syncope of unknown origin after ICD implantation: a case report]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2022; 61:1366-1369. [PMID: 36456520 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20211208-00872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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- Y K Zhao
- Department of Cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Respiratory, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Emergency, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Medical Department, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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Demkowicz MJ, Liu M, McCue ID, Seita M, Stuckner J, Xie K. Quantitative multi-image analysis in metals research. MRS Commun 2022; 12:1030-1036. [PMID: 36474648 PMCID: PMC9718709 DOI: 10.1557/s43579-022-00265-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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UNLABELLED Quantitative multi-image analysis (QMA) is the systematic extraction of new information and insight through the simultaneous analysis of multiple, related images. We present examples illustrating the potential for QMA to advance materials research in multi-image characterization, automatic feature identification, and discovery of novel processing-structure-property relationships. We conclude by discussing opportunities and challenges for continued advancement of QMA, including instrumentation development, uncertainty quantification, and automatic parsing of literature data. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1557/s43579-022-00265-7.
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- M. J. Demkowicz
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA
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- Physics and Engineering Department, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450 USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798 Singapore
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798 Singapore
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- Materials and Structures Division, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135 USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA
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Zheng X, Wang T, Cheng T, Zhao L, Zheng X, Zhu F, Dong C, Xu J, Xie K, Hu Z, Yang L, Diao Y. Genomic variation reveals demographic history and biological adaptation of the ancient relictual, lotus (Nelumbo Adans). Hortic Res 2022; 9:uhac029. [PMID: 35184169 PMCID: PMC9039500 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Lotus (Nelumbo Adans.), a relict plant, is the testimony of long-term sustained ecological success, but the underlying genetic changes related to its survival strategy remains unclear. Here, we assembled the high-quality lotus genome, investigated genome variation of lotus mutation accumulation (MA) lines and reconstructed the demographic history of wild Asian lotus, respectively. We identified and validated 43 base substitutions fixed in MA lines, implying a spontaneous mutation rate of 1.4 × 10-9 base/generation in lotus shoot stem cells. The past history of lotus revealed that the ancestors of lotus in eastern and southern Asia could be traced back ~20 million years ago (Mya) and experienced twice significant bottlenecks and population splits. We further identified the selected genes among three lotus groups in different habitats, suggesting that 453 genes between tropical and temperate group and 410 genes between two subgroups from Northeastern China and the Yangtze River - Yellow River Basin might play important roles in natural selection in lotus's adaptation and resilience. Our findings not only improve an understanding of the lotus evolutionary history and the genetic basis of its survival advantages, but also provide valuable data for addressing various questions in evolution and protection for the relict plants.
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- Xingwen Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Guangchang White Lotus Research Institute, Guangchang 344900, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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- Guangchang White Lotus Research Institute, Guangchang 344900, China
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- Guangchang White Lotus Research Institute, Guangchang 344900, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Guangchang White Lotus Research Institute, Guangchang 344900, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Lotus Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Ji W, Yan S, Xie K, Yuan X, Wang Z, Li Y. A clean process for phosphorus recovery and gallium enrichment from phosphorus flue dust by sodium carbonate roasting. J Hazard Mater 2022; 424:127580. [PMID: 34736211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Phosphorus flue dust (PFD) is a solid waste product from phosphorus (P) production that contains P and is enriched with gallium (Ga). The recovery of these valuable components not only protects the environment, but also reduces resource waste. This study aimed to develop a green and efficient method to recover P and enriched Ga from PFD. The effects of different parameters on the P leaching rate and Ga loss rate during Na2CO3 roasting and water leaching were investigated and optimized. The reaction mechanisms during the experiment were characterized, revealing that the P-containing compounds in PFD mainly transformed into water-soluble Na3PO4. Furthermore, the leaching rate of P reached 85.38%, while Ga was mainly concentrated in the residue and its loss rate was only about 1%. Ga content in the residue reached about 0.1%. An attempt was made to recover Na+ and PO43- from the aqueous solution by evaporative crystallization and XRD analysis showed that the main phase of the crystallization product was Na2HPO4. The proposed process is technically simple, only Na2CO3 is added and no hazardous substances are generated, and represents a new method for recovering P and enriching Ga from PFD.
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- Wentao Ji
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China.
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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Vigneswaran H, Uyanik M, Xie K, Macias V, Balla A, Magin R, Cai K, Damen F, Zhou X, Gann P, Abern M. Biparametric quantitative MRI for prostate cancer detection. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00812-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zheng C, Xie K, Li X, Wang G, Luo J, Zhang C, Jiang Z, Wang Y, Luo C, Qiang Y, Hu L, Wang Y, Shen Y. The prognostic value of modified nutric score for patients in cardiothoracic surgery recovery unit: a retrospective cohort study. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alexander SP, Kelly E, Mathie A, Peters JA, Veale EL, Armstrong JF, Faccenda E, Harding SD, Pawson AJ, Southan C, Buneman OP, Cidlowski JA, Christopoulos A, Davenport AP, Fabbro D, Spedding M, Striessnig J, Davies JA, Ahlers-Dannen KE, Alqinyah M, Arumugam TV, Bodle C, Dagner JB, Chakravarti B, Choudhuri SP, Druey KM, Fisher RA, Gerber KJ, Hepler JR, Hooks SB, Kantheti HS, Karaj B, Layeghi-Ghalehsoukhteh S, Lee JK, Luo Z, Martemyanov K, Mascarenhas LD, McNabb H, Montañez-Miranda C, Ogujiofor O, Phan H, Roman DL, Shaw V, Sjogren B, Sobey C, Spicer MM, Squires KE, Sutton L, Wendimu M, Wilkie T, Xie K, Zhang Q, Zolghadri Y. THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Introduction and Other Protein Targets. Br J Pharmacol 2021; 178 Suppl 1:S1-S26. [PMID: 34529830 PMCID: PMC9513948 DOI: 10.1111/bph.15537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22 is the fifth in this series of biennial publications. The Concise Guide provides concise overviews, mostly in tabular format, of the key properties of nearly 1900 human drug targets with an emphasis on selective pharmacology (where available), plus links to the open access knowledgebase source of drug targets and their ligands (www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand properties. Although the Concise Guide constitutes over 500 pages, the material presented is substantially reduced compared to information and links presented on the website. It provides a permanent, citable, point‐in‐time record that will survive database updates. The full contents of this section can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/bph.15537. In addition to this overview, in which are identified ‘Other protein targets’ which fall outside of the subsequent categorisation, there are six areas of focus: G protein‐coupled receptors, ion channels, nuclear hormone receptors, catalytic receptors, enzymes and transporters. These are presented with nomenclature guidance and summary information on the best available pharmacological tools, alongside key references and suggestions for further reading. The landscape format of the Concise Guide is designed to facilitate comparison of related targets from material contemporary to mid‐2021, and supersedes data presented in the 2019/20, 2017/18, 2015/16 and 2013/14 Concise Guides and previous Guides to Receptors and Channels. It is produced in close conjunction with the Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (NC‐IUPHAR), therefore, providing official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where appropriate.
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- Stephen Ph Alexander
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, IP4 1QJ, UK
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- Neuroscience Division, Medical Education Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical SchoolUniversity of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK
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- Medway School of Pharmacy, The Universities of Greenwich and Kent at Medway, Anson Building, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, School of InformaticsUniversity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9LE, UK
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical oxPharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
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- University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
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- University of Michigan, East Lansing, USA
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Ji W, Xie K, Yan S. Separation and recovery of heavy metals zinc and lead from phosphorus flue dust by vacuum metallurgy. J Environ Manage 2021; 294:113001. [PMID: 34111595 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Yellow phosphorous flue dust (YPFD) is a solid waste produced by the yellow phosphorus industry that contains heavy metals such as zinc (Zn) and lead (Pb), causing environmental damage. In this work, a vacuum metallurgy method is proposed to separate and recover Zn and Pb from solid waste YPFD. Under optimized conditions of 1173 K, 30 wt% reductant dosage, 60 min, and 5-10 Pa, the pre-separation of Zn and Pb was realized and the recovery rates of Zn and Pb reached 92.47% and 99.78%, respectively. In addition, gallium (Ga) remained in the residue with little loss, and then recovered by raising the reaction temperature to 1323 K. The recovery rates of Ga reached 87.57%. The principle of metal volatilization under vacuum at different temperatures was also clarified. The thermodynamic calculations of the carbothermal reduction reaction of metal oxides under vacuum were carried out. The analysis of the product obtained at 1173 K showed that Zn and Pb mainly existed in the form of elemental or simple compounds. At 1323 K, Ga in the residue was highly enriched in the condensation zone, which is conducive for the subsequent purification. The whole process is short, there is no waste water, low levels of pollution of emitted, and the technology provides a clean and sustainable way to reuse YPFD.
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- Wentao Ji
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China.
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming, 650093, Yunnan, China
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Boudet JF, Lintuvuori J, Lacouture C, Barois T, Deblais A, Xie K, Cassagnere S, Tregon B, Brückner DB, Baret JC, Kellay H. From collections of independent, mindless robots to flexible, mobile, and directional superstructures. Sci Robot 2021; 6:6/56/eabd0272. [PMID: 34290101 DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abd0272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A swarm of simple active particles confined in a flexible scaffold is a promising system to make mobile and deformable superstructures. These soft structures can perform tasks that are difficult to carry out for monolithic robots because they can infiltrate narrow spaces, smaller than their size, and move around obstacles. To achieve such tasks, the origin of the forces the superstructures develop, how they can be guided, and the effects of external environment, especially geometry and the presence of obstacles, need to be understood. Here, we report measurements of the forces developed by such superstructures, enclosing a number of mindless active rod-like robots, as well as the forces exerted by these structures to achieve a simple function, crossing a constriction. We relate these forces to the self-organization of the individual entities. Furthermore, and based on a physical understanding of what controls the mobility of these superstructures and the role of geometry in such a process, we devise a simple strategy where the environment can be designed to bias the mobility of the superstructure, giving rise to directional motion. Simple tasks-such as pulling a load, moving through an obstacle course, or cleaning up an arena-are demonstrated. Rudimentary control of the superstructures using light is also proposed. The results are of relevance to the making of robust flexible superstructures with nontrivial space exploration properties out of a swarm of simpler and cheaper robots.
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- J F Boudet
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, 1098XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Theresienstr. 37, D-80333 Munich, Germany
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CRPP-UMR5031, 33600 Pessac, France.,Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France. .,Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, France
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Paes D, Xie K, Wheeler DG, Zook D, Prickaerts J, Peters M. Inhibition of PDE2 and PDE4 synergistically improves memory consolidation processes. Neuropharmacology 2021; 184:108414. [PMID: 33249120 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Phosphodiesterases (PDE) are the only enzymes that degrade cAMP and cGMP which are second messengers crucial to memory consolidation. Different PDE inhibitors have been developed and tested for their memory-enhancing potential, but the occurrence of side effects has hampered clinical progression. As separate inhibition of the PDE2 and PDE4 enzyme family has been shown to enhance memory, we investigated whether concurrent treatment with a PDE2 and PDE4 inhibitor can have synergistic effects on memory consolidation processes. We found that combined administration of PF-999 (PDE2 inhibitor) and roflumilast (PDE4 inhibitor) increases the phosphorylation of the AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 and induces CRE-mediated gene expression. Moreover, when combined sub-effective and effective doses of PF-999 and roflumilast were administered after learning, time-dependent forgetting was abolished in an object location memory task. Pharmacokinetic assessment indicated that combined treatment does not alter exposure of the individual compounds. Taken together, these findings suggest that combined PDE2 and PDE4 inhibition has synergistic effects on memory consolidation processes at sub-effective doses, which could therefore provide a therapeutic strategy with an improved safety profile.
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- Dean Paes
- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229, ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- In Vitro Pharmacology, Dart Neuroscience, LLC, 12278 Scripps Summit Drive, San Diego, CA, 92131, USA
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- Target Discovery & Behavioral Pharmacology, Dart Neuroscience, LLC, 12278 Scripps Summit Drive, San Diego, CA, 92131, USA
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- DMPK, Dart Neuroscience, LLC, 12278 Scripps Summit Drive, San Diego, CA, 92131, USA
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- School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229, ER Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Target Discovery & Behavioral Pharmacology, Dart Neuroscience, LLC, 12278 Scripps Summit Drive, San Diego, CA, 92131, USA; Neurobiology and Behavior & Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California Irvine, 213 Qureshey Research Lab, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
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Ji W, Xie K, Yan S, Huang H, Chen H. A new method of recycling gallium from yellow phosphorus flue dust by vacuum thermal reduction process. J Hazard Mater 2020; 400:123234. [PMID: 32585522 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Gallium is widely used in the field of semiconductors, and is mainly recovered as a by-product from other production processes utilizing metals such as aluminum and zinc. As a waste generated during the production of yellow phosphorus, yellow phosphorus flue dust is a potential resource for recovery of gallium. In this study, vacuum carbothermic reduction technology was applied to extract gallium from yellow phosphorus flue dust. Under the optimal conditions of 1323 K, 40 min holding time, 50 wt% carbon content, and 1-10 Pa, the recovery rate of gallium was 92.5 %. The condensate was analyzed and the enrichment area of gallium in the condensation zone was determined. No hazardous gases and materials were generated during the process. Compared with other methods of recovering gallium from yellow phosphorus flue dust by hydrometallurgical process, this study has the advantages of short process, easy collection of products, low energy consumption. Overall, this work demonstrates a new and environmentally friendly method for the recovery of gallium from yellow phosphorus flue dust, and also provides a reference value for the comprehensive utilization of this material.
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- Wentao Ji
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China.
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming, Yunnan 650093, China
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Zhang P, Fan Y, Xie K, Kang L, Yang Q, Guan W, Chen A, Tang Q. PO-0814: Clinical feature and survival result of ascending, descending, mixed types of NPC in nonendemic area. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)00831-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bao LW, Liu RC, Yan FY, Gao XF, Xie K, Bao LL, Zhuang XY, Shi HM, Li Y. [Research progress on sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2020; 48:339-343. [PMID: 32370487 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20190612-00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- L W Bao
- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fudan University Affiliated Shanghai Huashan Hospital, Shanghai 200040, China
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Zheng T, Xie HH, Wu XW, Chi Q, Wang F, Yang ZH, Chen CW, Mai W, Luo SM, Song XF, Yang SM, Zhou W, Liu HY, Xu XJ, Zhou Z, Liu CY, Ding LA, Xie K, Han G, Liu HB, Wang JZ, Wang SC, Wang PG, Wang GF, Gu GS, Ren JA. [Investigation of treatment and analysis of prognostic risk on enterocutaneous fistula in China: a multicenter prospective study]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 22:1041-1050. [PMID: 31770835 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0274.2019.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the diagnosis and treatment for enterocutaneous fistula (ECF) in China, and to explore the prognostic factors of ECF. Methods: A multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted based on the Registration System of Chinese Gastrointestinal Fistula and Intra-Abdominal Infections to collect the clinical data of ECF patients from 54 medical centers in 22 provinces/municipalities from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. The clinical data included patient gender, age, length of hospital stay, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, underlying diseases, primary diseases, direct causes of ECF, location and type of ECF, complications, treatment and outcomes. All medical records were carefully filled in by the attending physicians, and then re-examined by more than two specialists. The diagnosis of ECF was based on the clinical manifestations, laboratory/imaging findings and intraoperative exploration. Results: A total of 1521 patients with ECF were enrolled, including 1099 males and 422 females, with a median age of 55 years. The top three primary diseases of ECF were malignant tumors in 626 cases (41.2%, including 540 gastrointestinal tumors, accounting for 86.3% of malignant tumors), gastrointestinal ulcers and perforations in 202 cases (13.3%), and trauma in 157 cases (10.3%). The direct causes of ECF were mainly surgical operation in 1194 cases (78.5%), followed by trauma in 156 (10.3%), spontaneous fistula due to Crohn's disease in 92 (6.0%), radiation intestinal injury in 41 (2.7%), severe pancreatitis in 20 (1.3%), endoscopic treatment in 13 (0.9%) and 5 cases (0.3%) of unknown reasons. All the patients were divided into three groups: 1350 cases (88.7%) with simple ECF, 150 (9.9%) with multiple ECF, and 21 (1.4%) with combined internal fistula. Among the patients with simple ECF, 438 cases (28.8%) were jejuno-ileal fistula, 313 (20.6%) colon fistula, 170 (11.2%) rectal fistula, 111 (7.3%) duodenal fistula, 76 (5.0%) ileocecal fistula, 65 (4.3%) ileocolic anastomotic fistula, 55 (3.6%) duodenal stump fistula, 36 (2.4%) gastrointestinal anastomotic fistula, 36 (2.4%) esophagogastric/esophagojejunal anastomotic fistula, 29 (1.9%) gastric fistula and 21 (1.4%) cholangiopancreatiointestinal. Among all the simple ECF patients, 991 were tubular fistula and 359 were labial fistula. A total of 1146 patients finished the treatment, of whom 1061 (92.6%) were healed (586 by surgery and 475 self-healing) and 85 (7.4%) died. A total of 1043 patients (91.0%) received nutritional support therapy, and 77 (6.7%) received fistuloclysis. Infectious source control procedures were applied to 1042 patients, including 711 (62.0%) with active lavage and drainage and 331 (28.9%) with passive drainage. Among them, 841 patients (73.4%) underwent minimally invasive procedures of infectious source control (replacement of drainage tube through sinus tract, puncture drainage, etc.), 201 (17.5%) underwent laparotomy drainage, while 104 (9.1%) did not undergo any drainage measures. A total of 610 patients (53.2%) received definitive operation, 24 patients died within postoperative 30-day with mortality of 3.9% (24/610), 69 (11.3%) developed surgical site infection (SSI), and 24 (3.9%) had a relapse of fistula. The highest cure rate was achieved in ileocecal fistula (100%), followed by rectal fistula (96.2%, 128/133) and duodenal stump fistula (95.7%,44/46). The highest mortality was found in combined internal fistula (3/12) and no death in ileocecal fistula. Univariate prognostic analysis showed that primary diseases as Crohn's disease (χ(2)=6.570, P=0.010) and appendicitis/appendiceal abscess (P=0.012), intestinal fistula combining with internal fistula (χ(2)=5.460, P=0.019), multiple ECF (χ(2)=7.135, P=0.008), esophagogastric / esophagojejunal anastomotic fistula (χ(2)=9.501, P=0.002), ECF at ileocecal junction (P=0.012), non-drainage/passive drainage before the diagnosis of intestinal fistula (χ(2)=9.688, P=0.008), non-drainage/passive drainage after the diagnosis of intestinal fistula (χ(2)=9.711, P=0.008), complicating with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) (χ(2)=179.699, P<0.001), sepsis (χ(2)=211.851, P<0.001), hemorrhage (χ(2)=85.300, P<0.001), pulmonary infection (χ(2)=60.096, P<0.001), catheter-associated infection (χ(2)=10.617, P=0.001) and malnutrition (χ(2)=21.199, P<0.001) were associated with mortality. Multivariate prognostic analysis cofirmed that sepsis (OR=7.103, 95%CI:3.694-13.657, P<0.001), complicating with MODS (OR=5.018, 95%CI:2.170-11.604, P<0.001), and hemorrhage (OR=4.703, 95%CI: 2.300-9.618, P<0.001) were independent risk factors of the death for ECF patients. Meanwhile, active lavage and drainage after the definite ECF diagnosis was the protective factor (OR=0.223, 95%CI: 0.067-0.745, P=0.015). Conclusions: The overall mortality of ECF is still high. Surgical operation is the most common cause of ECF. Complications e.g. sepsis, MODS, hemorrhage, and catheter-associated infection, are the main causes of death. Active lavage and drainage is important to improve the prognosis of ECF.
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- T Zheng
- Research Institute of General Surgery, East War Zone Hospital of PLA, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Research Institute of General Surgery, East War Zone Hospital of PLA, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Research Institute of General Surgery, East War Zone Hospital of PLA, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Hubei Yichang 443000, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, Changsha 410005, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Emergency Trauma Surgery, The People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi 830001, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Medical College of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Nankai Hospital, Nankai University, Tianjin 300100, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medicine of School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, China
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Division of Life Sciences And Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230001, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Hernia Surgery, Ganzhou People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Jiangxi Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital, Qingdao University, Shandong Qingdao 266003, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Chest Hospital of Nanyang City of Henan Province, Henan Nanyang 473000, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, China
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- Department of GeneralSurgery, The 940th Hospital, Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese PLA, Lanzhou 730050, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Gannan Medical College, Jiangxi Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The 901th Hospital, Joint Logistic Support Force of PLA, Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, Affiliated Hospital, Qingdao University, Shandong Qingdao 266003, China
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- Research Institute of General Surgery, East War Zone Hospital of PLA, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Research Institute of General Surgery, East War Zone Hospital of PLA, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Research Institute of General Surgery, East War Zone Hospital of PLA, Nanjing 210002, China
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Yang S, Ma W, Wei K, Xie K, Wang Z. Thermodynamic analysis and experimental verification for silicon recovery from the diamond wire saw silicon powder by vacuum carbothermal reduction. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.115754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sutton LP, Muntean BS, Ostrovskaya O, Zucca S, Dao M, Orlandi C, Song C, Xie K, Martemyanov KA. NF1-cAMP signaling dissociates cell type-specific contributions of striatal medium spiny neurons to reward valuation and motor control. PLoS Biol 2019; 17:e3000477. [PMID: 31600280 PMCID: PMC6805008 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The striatum plays a fundamental role in motor learning and reward-related behaviors that are synergistically shaped by populations of D1 dopamine receptor (D1R)- and D2 dopamine receptor (D2R)-expressing medium spiny neurons (MSNs). How various neurotransmitter inputs converging on common intracellular pathways are parsed out to regulate distinct behavioral outcomes in a neuron-specific manner is poorly understood. Here, we reveal that distinct contributions of D1R-MSNs and D2R-MSNs towards reward and motor behaviors are delineated by the multifaceted signaling protein neurofibromin 1 (NF1). Using genetic mouse models, we show that NF1 in D1R-MSN modulates opioid reward, whereas loss of NF1 in D2R-MSNs delays motor learning by impeding the formation and consolidation of repetitive motor sequences. We found that motor learning deficits upon NF1 loss were associated with the disruption in dopamine signaling to cAMP in D2R-MSN. Restoration of cAMP levels pharmacologically or chemogenetically rescued the motor learning deficits seen upon NF1 loss in D2R-MSN. Our findings illustrate that multiplex signaling capabilities of MSNs are deployed at the level of intracellular pathways to achieve cell-specific control over behavioral outcomes. A mouse genetic study reveals that the multifaceted signaling protein neurofibromin (known for its role in the human genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1) plays a key role in differential routing of motor and reward signals in populations of striatal medium spiny neurons.
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- Laurie P. Sutton
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America
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Zhu F, Sun H, Diao Y, Zheng X, Xie K, Hu Z. Genetic diversity, functional properties and expression analysis of NnSBE genes involved in starch synthesis of lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.). PeerJ 2019; 7:e7750. [PMID: 31579617 PMCID: PMC6765360 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Starch branching enzyme (SBE) is one of the key enzymes in starch biosynthetic metabolism, determining amylopectin structure. Methods Full length coding sequences (CDS) of SBE genes were cloned using reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) technology, and neighbor-joining (NJ) tree was used for phylogenetic analysis. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were determined to assess the genetic polymorphisms and variation indexes between individuals and clusters. Quantitative real time PCR (qRT-PCR) was performed to analyze the spatial and temporal expression of NnSBE genes. The effect of NnSBE genes on amylopectin’s fine structures was explored using affinity and the enzyme activity analysis of two isoforms in amylopectin and amylose. Results In this study, two SBE family genes, NnSBEI and NnSBEIII, were identified in lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.). Phylogenetic analysis sorted NnSBEI into SBE family B and NnSBEIII into SBE family A. UPGMA phylogenetic tree divided 45 individuals of lotus into three classes. The homozygous haplotype (A G G A G) of NnSBEIII was observed in seed lotus. During the seed embryo development stage, NnSBEIII reached the peak in the middle of the development stage, while NnSBEI increased in the mid-late developmental stage. The different affinity activity of the two isozymes binding amylopectin and amylose assay indicated NnSBEI has higher activity and wider affinity. Discussion Genetic diversity showed that NnSBE genes received artificial selection during the process of cultivation and domestication in lotus seeds. Furthermore, the expression pattern and affinity activity analysis indicated that NnSBE genes were related to the chain length of amylopectin.
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- Fenglin Zhu
- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, Wuhan, China.,Guangchang Bailian Institute of Jiangxi Province, Guangchang, China
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- Guangchang Bailian Institute of Jiangxi Province, Guangchang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan, China.,Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, Wuhan, China
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Zhang P, Li Z, Yang F, Lang J, Huang X, Kang L, Xie K, Guan W. A Phase II Prospective, Single Arm, Multicenter Clinic Study of Pulsed Low-Dose-Rate IMRT for Local Recurrence Head and Neck Cancer after Radical Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy: Preliminary Reports. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.1171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Yang S, Wei K, Ma W, Xie K, Wu J, Lei Y. Kinetic mechanism of aluminum removal from diamond wire saw powder in HCl solution. J Hazard Mater 2019; 368:1-9. [PMID: 30658158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Impurity removal is essential for the recovery and regeneration of silicon resources from diamond wire saw powder by metallurgical purification technologies. In this paper, the aluminum was removed from the diamond wire saw powder via a direct HCl leaching method. In order to analyze the removal efficiency of various experimental conditions, certain parameters such as HCl concentration, leaching temperature, reaction time and liquid-solid ratio were also investigated. Particularly, the removal efficiency of Al reached 95.6% under the optimal leaching condition, such as the HCl concentration of 4 mol·L-1, the leaching temperature of 60 °C, the reaction time of 3 h, and the liquid-solid ratio of 10. The shrinking core model and homogeneous model were then respectively utilized to describe the leaching kinetics of the Al removal leaching process. The results indicated that the homogeneous model was more suitable than the shrinking core model. Moreover, the kinetics parameters regarding the reaction orders m=3, n=2.81, the activation energy Ea=97.30kJmol-1, the frequency factor A=1.11×1014 min-1. Furthermore, the leaching mechanism of Al removal was revealed based on kinetic analysis and materials characterization. This work is of great practical value in terms of regenerating silicon resources from the diamond wire saw powder waste materials with efficient and low cost methods.
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- Shicong Yang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy/Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy/Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Silicon Material industry Research Institution (Innovation Center) of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650093, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy/Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; Silicon Material industry Research Institution (Innovation Center) of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650093, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy/Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China; State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
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- Silicon Material industry Research Institution (Innovation Center) of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650093, China
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Sun GY, Xie K, Sun ZY, Sun MY, Li N. Sevoflurane induces temporary spatial working memory deficits and synaptic ultrastructure impairments in the hippocampus of neonatal rats. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2019; 23:2620-2629. [PMID: 30964191 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201903_17412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Exposure to volatile anesthetics in neonatal rats could induce neurotoxicity, learning deficits and abnormal social behaviors. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential neurotoxicity induced by sevoflurane. MATERIALS AND METHODS Postnatal day 7 (P7) Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were continuously exposed to 2% sevoflurane plus 40% oxygen/air for 2 h. We used Morris water maze (MWM) to examine subsequent neurobehavioral performance. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to observe the histopathological changes in the hippocampus. RESULTS Neonatal exposure to 2% sevoflurane for 2 hours impaired short-term spatial working memory but not reference memory at P25. It induced synaptic ultrastructure impairments in the CA3 region of hippocampal, including fewer numbers of synapses, thinner thickness of postsynaptic dense, broader synaptic cleft width and smaller synaptic curvature. Our results also showed that all synaptic ultrastructure impairments and neurocognitive deficits had almost completely recovered at P53. CONCLUSIONS We showed that a single sevoflurane exposure to neonatal rats led to temporary spatial working memory deficits. It might be associated with synaptic ultrastructure impairments in the CA3 region of the hippocampus, including fewer numbers of synapses, thinner thickness of PSD and broader synaptic cleft width. Fortunately, all the neurotoxicity and neurocognitive deficits were reversible.
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- G-Y Sun
- Department of Anesthesiology, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
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Zhu M, Wang L, Yang J, Xie K, Zhu M, Liu S, Xu C, Wang J, Gu L, Ni Z, Xu G, Che M. Erythropoietin Ameliorates Lung Injury by Accelerating Pulmonary Endothelium Cell Proliferation via Janus Kinase-Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 Pathway After Kidney Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:972-978. [PMID: 30979490 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Kidney ischemia and reperfusion injury could cause microvascular barrier dysfunction, lung inflammatory cascades activation, and programmed cell death of pulmonary endothelium, leading to acute lung injury. Our study aimed at determining whether erythropoietin (EPO) can ameliorate lung dysfunction following renal ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury and explored the underlying mechanisms. METHODS In vivo, C57BL/6 mice received EPO (6000 U/kg) before right renal vascular pedicles clamping for 30 minutes, followed by 24 hours of reperfusion. The lung histopathologic changes and inflammatory cytokines expression were assessed. In vitro, cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells were treated with EPO, and apoptosis rate, proliferation capacity, and phosphorylation status of the Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Jak-STAT3) pathway were measured respectively in the presence or absence of lipopolysaccharide stimulation. RESULTS In vivo, EPO remarkably attenuated pulmonary interstitial and alveolar epithelial edema caused by renal IR injury. In vitro, the proliferation capacity of human umbilical vein endothelial cells was significantly increased under EPO stimulation, which correlated with changes in Jak-STAT3 signaling. CONCLUSION Our data indicated that EPO is able to ameliorate acute lung tissue damage induced by renal IR, and at least in part, via the Jak-STAT3 pathway.
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- M Zhu
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Emergency, South Campus, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Molecular Cell Lab for Kidney Disease, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, South Campus, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, South Campus, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Molecular Cell Lab for Kidney Disease, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Molecular Cell Lab for Kidney Disease, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Molecular Cell Lab for Kidney Disease, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, Molecular Cell Lab for Kidney Disease, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Zhang P, Xie K, Huang X, Li C, Song Y, Li B, Liao W, Zhang S. Early Nutrition Support Therapy to Improve the Nutrition Status of Head and Neck Cancer Patients Accepted Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy(NSTIP):Interim Analysis from a Prospective Randomized Controlled Clinical Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Zhang P, Xie K, Huang X, Li C, Song Y. The Prognostic Factors of Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma at Initial Diagnosis: A Retrospective Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.07.1132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wu J, Yang D, Xu M, Ma W, Zhou Q, Xia Z, Lei Y, Wei K, Li S, Chen Z, Xie K. Boron Removal from Silicon Using Secondary Refining Techniques by Metallurgical Method. Separation & Purification Reviews 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2018.1523191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Jijun Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Cleaning Utilization in Yunnan Province, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy and Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Ryan DP, Henzel KS, Pearson BL, Siwek ME, Papazoglou A, Guo L, Paesler K, Yu M, Müller R, Xie K, Schröder S, Becker L, Garrett L, Hölter SM, Neff F, Rácz I, Rathkolb B, Rozman J, Ehninger G, Klingenspor M, Klopstock T, Wolf E, Wurst W, Zimmer A, Fuchs H, Gailus-Durner V, Hrabě de Angelis M, Sidiropoulou K, Weiergräber M, Zhou Y, Ehninger D. A paternal methyl donor-rich diet altered cognitive and neural functions in offspring mice. Mol Psychiatry 2018; 23:1345-1355. [PMID: 28373690 PMCID: PMC5984088 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Dietary intake of methyl donors, such as folic acid and methionine, shows considerable intra-individual variation in human populations. While it is recognized that maternal departures from the optimum of dietary methyl donor intake can increase the risk for mental health issues and neurological disorders in offspring, it has not been explored whether paternal dietary methyl donor intake influences behavioral and cognitive functions in the next generation. Here, we report that elevated paternal dietary methyl donor intake in a mouse model, transiently applied prior to mating, resulted in offspring animals (methyl donor-rich diet (MD) F1 mice) with deficits in hippocampus-dependent learning and memory, impaired hippocampal synaptic plasticity and reduced hippocampal theta oscillations. Gene expression analyses revealed altered expression of the methionine adenosyltransferase Mat2a and BK channel subunit Kcnmb2, which was associated with changes in Kcnmb2 promoter methylation in MD F1 mice. Hippocampal overexpression of Kcnmb2 in MD F1 mice ameliorated altered spatial learning and memory, supporting a role of this BK channel subunit in the MD F1 behavioral phenotype. Behavioral and gene expression changes did not extend into the F2 offspring generation. Together, our data indicate that paternal dietary factors influence cognitive and neural functions in the offspring generation.
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- D P Ryan
- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, Cologne, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Friedrich-Baur-Institut, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Chair of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany,Member of German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Member of German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Else Kröner-Fresenius Center, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institut, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany,German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, University Hospital Munich, Campus Grosshadern, Munich, Germany,DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Chair of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,DZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany,Chair of Developmental Genetics, Technische Universität München, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Mouse Clinic, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany,Member of German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany,Chair of Experimental Genetics, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklio, Greece
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- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany,Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Sigmund-Freud-Str. 27, Bonn 53127, Germany. E-mail:
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Sutton LP, Orlandi C, Song C, Oh WC, Muntean BS, Xie K, Filippini A, Xie X, Satterfield R, Yaeger JDW, Renner KJ, Young SM, Xu B, Kwon H, Martemyanov KA. Orphan receptor GPR158 controls stress-induced depression. eLife 2018; 7:33273. [PMID: 29419376 PMCID: PMC5823542 DOI: 10.7554/elife.33273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Stress can be a motivational force for decisive action and adapting to novel environment; whereas, exposure to chronic stress contributes to the development of depression and anxiety. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying stress-responsive behaviors are not fully understood. Here, we identified the orphan receptor GPR158 as a novel regulator operating in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) that links chronic stress to depression. GPR158 is highly upregulated in the PFC of human subjects with major depressive disorder. Exposure of mice to chronic stress also increased GPR158 protein levels in the PFC in a glucocorticoid-dependent manner. Viral overexpression of GPR158 in the PFC induced depressive-like behaviors. In contrast GPR158 ablation, led to a prominent antidepressant-like phenotype and stress resiliency. We found that GPR158 exerts its effects via modulating synaptic strength altering AMPA receptor activity. Taken together, our findings identify a new player in mood regulation and introduce a pharmacological target for managing depression.
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- Laurie P Sutton
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Center for Brain and Behavior Research, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, United States.,Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, United States
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- Center for Brain and Behavior Research, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, United States.,Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, United States
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, United States.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States.,Aging Mind and Brain Initiative, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States.,Department of Otolaryngology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, United States.,Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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Gedling CR, Ali EM, Gunadi A, Finer JJ, Xie K, Liu Y, Yoshikawa N, Qu F, Dorrance AE. Improved apple latent spherical virus-induced gene silencing in multiple soybean genotypes through direct inoculation of agro-infiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana extract. Plant Methods 2018. [PMID: 29527233 PMCID: PMC5838930 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-018-0286-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful genomics tool for interrogating the function of plant genes. Unfortunately, VIGS vectors often produce disease symptoms that interfere with the silencing phenotypes of target genes, or are frequently ineffective in certain plant genotypes or tissue types. This is especially true in crop plants like soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr]. To address these shortcomings, we modified the inoculation procedure of a VIGS vector based on Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV). The efficacy of this new procedure was assessed in 19 soybean genotypes using a soybean Phytoene desaturase (GmPDS1) gene as the VIGS target. Silencing of GmPDS1 was easily scored as photo-bleached leaves and/or stems. RESULTS In this report, the ALSV VIGS vector was modified by mobilizing ALSV cDNAs into a binary vector compatible with Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated delivery, so that VIGS-triggering ALSV variants could be propagated in agro-infiltrated Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Homogenate of these N. benthamiana leaves was then applied directly onto the unifoliate of young soybean seedlings to initiate systemic gene silencing. This rapid inoculation method bypassed the need for a particle bombardment apparatus. Among the 19 soybean genotypes evaluated with this new method, photo-bleaching indicative of GmPDS1 silencing was observed in nine, with two exhibiting photo-bleaching in 100% of the inoculated individuals. ALSV RNA was detected in pods, embryos, stems, leaves, and roots in symptomatic plants of four genotypes. CONCLUSIONS This modified protocol allowed for inoculation of soybean plants via simple mechanical rubbing with the homogenate of N. benthamiana leaves agro-infiltrated with ALSV VIGS constructs. More importantly, inoculated plants showed no apparent virus disease symptoms which could otherwise interfere with VIGS phenotypes. This streamlined procedure expanded this functional genomics tool to nine soybean genotypes.
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- C. R. Gedling
- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 USA
- Present Address: Washington State University, 1100 N Western Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801 USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China
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- Plant Pathology Lab, Facility of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, OH 44691 USA
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- Haifei Lu
- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory for Nonferrous Vacuum Metallurgy of Yunnan Province, Engineering Research Center for Silicon Metallurgy and Silicon Materials of Yunnan Provincial Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, P. R. China
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Fu Q, Xie K, McKenzie TG, Qiao GG. Trithiocarbonates as intrinsic photoredox catalysts and RAFT agents for oxygen tolerant controlled radical polymerization. Polym Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6py01994c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this study, we reported on the discovery that trithiocarbonates (RAFT agents) can act as intrinsic photocatalyst to significantly reduce the oxygen level in a controlled radical polymerization under visible light irridation.
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- Q. Fu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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Xie K, Colgan LA, Dao MT, Muntean BS, Sutton LP, Orlandi C, Boye SL, Boye SE, Shih CC, Li Y, Xu B, Smith RG, Yasuda R, Martemyanov KA. NF1 Is a Direct G Protein Effector Essential for Opioid Signaling to Ras in the Striatum. Curr Biol 2016; 26:2992-3003. [PMID: 27773571 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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It is well recognized that G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can activate Ras-regulated kinase pathways to produce lasting changes in neuronal function. Mechanisms by which GPCRs transduce these signals and their relevance to brain disorders are not well understood. Here, we identify a major Ras regulator, neurofibromin 1 (NF1), as a direct effector of GPCR signaling via Gβγ subunits in the striatum. We find that binding of Gβγ to NF1 inhibits its ability to inactivate Ras. Deletion of NF1 in striatal neurons prevents the opioid-receptor-induced activation of Ras and eliminates its coupling to Akt-mTOR-signaling pathway. By acting in the striatal medium spiny neurons of the direct pathway, NF1 regulates opioid-induced changes in Ras activity, thereby sensitizing mice to psychomotor and rewarding effects of morphine. These results delineate a novel mechanism of GPCR signaling to Ras pathways and establish a critical role of NF1 in opioid addiction.
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- Keqiang Xie
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, 1 Max Planck Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, 120 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, 1395 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, 1395 Center Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, 120 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, 1 Max Planck Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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Bian Y, Qin C, Xie K, Yu Y, Yu Y. Abstract PR087. Anesth Analg 2016. [DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000492493.42566.1e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Sutton LP, Ostrovskaya O, Dao M, Xie K, Orlandi C, Smith R, Wee S, Martemyanov KA. Regulator of G-Protein Signaling 7 Regulates Reward Behavior by Controlling Opioid Signaling in the Striatum. Biol Psychiatry 2016; 80:235-45. [PMID: 26364547 PMCID: PMC4753143 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Morphine mediates its euphoric and analgesic effects by acting on the μ-opioid receptor (MOR). MOR belongs to the family of G-protein coupled receptors whose signaling efficiency is controlled by the regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins. Our understanding of the molecular diversity of RGS proteins that control MOR signaling, their circuit specific actions, and underlying cellular mechanisms is very limited. METHODS We used genetic approaches to ablate regulator of G-protein signaling 7 (RGS7) both globally and in specific neuronal populations. We used conditioned place preference and self-administration paradigms to examine reward-related behavior and a battery of tests to assess analgesia, tolerance, and physical dependence to morphine. Electrophysiology approaches were applied to investigate the impact of RGS7 on morphine-induced alterations in neuronal excitability and plasticity of glutamatergic synapses. At least three animals were used for each assessment. RESULTS Elimination of RGS7 enhanced reward, increased analgesia, delayed tolerance, and heightened withdrawal in response to morphine administration. RGS7 in striatal neurons was selectively responsible for determining the sensitivity of rewarding and reinforcing behaviors to morphine without affecting analgesia, tolerance, and withdrawal. In contrast, deletion of RGS7 in dopaminergic neurons did not influence morphine reward. RGS7 exerted its effects by controlling morphine-induced changes in excitability of medium spiny neurons in nucleus accumbens and gating the compositional plasticity of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. CONCLUSIONS This study identifies RGS7 as a novel regulator of MOR signaling by dissecting its circuit specific actions and pinpointing its role in regulating morphine reward by controlling the activity of nucleus accumbens neurons.
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- Laurie P. Sutton
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA,Department of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- Department of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA,Corresponding author: Dr. Kirill Martemyanov, Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, 3C2, Jupiter, FL 33458, Phone: (561) 228-2770,
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Cui J, Xia T, Xie D, Gao Y, Jia Z, Wei D, Wang L, Huang S, Quan M, Xie K. HGF/Met and FOXM1 form a positive feedback loop and render pancreatic cancer cells resistance to Met inhibition and aggressive phenotypes. Oncogene 2016; 35:4708-18. [PMID: 26876216 PMCID: PMC4985506 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Purpose Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/Met signaling plays critical roles in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) development and progression and is considered a potential therapeutic target for this disease. However, the mechanism of aberrant activation of HGF/Met signaling and resistance to Met inhibition in PDA remains unclear. Experimental Design The mechanistic role of cross-talk between Forkhead box M1 (FOXM1) and HGF/Met signaling in promotion of PDA growth and resistance to Met inhibition was examined using cell culture, molecular biology and mouse models; and the relevance of our experimental and mechanistic findings were validated using human PDA tissues. Results Met was markedly overexpressed in both PDA cell lines and pancreatic tumor specimens, and the expression of Met correlated directly with that of FOXM1 in human tumor specimens. Mechanistically, FOXM1 bound to the promoter region of the Met gene and transcriptionally increased the expression of Met. Increased expression of FOXM1 enhanced the activation of HGF/Met signaling and its downstream pathways, including RAS/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT, and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. Furthermore, activation of HGF/Met signaling increased the expression and transcriptional activity of FOXM1, and the cross-talk between FOXM1 and HGF/Met signaling promoted PDA growth and resistance to Met inhibition. Conclusions Collectively, our findings identified a positive feedback loop formed by FOXM1 and HGF/Met and revealed that this loop is a potentially effective therapeutic target for PDA.
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- J Cui
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Tongji University Affiliated East Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Tongji University Affiliated East Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Tongji University Affiliated East Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Fu Q, Xie K, Tan S, Ren JM, Zhao Q, Webley PA, Qiao GG. The use of reduced copper metal–organic frameworks to facilitate CuAAC click chemistry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:12226-12229. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06890a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A reduced copper metal–organic framework (rCu-MOF) containing CuI ions was prepared and employed as a catalyst for ‘Click’ reactions. The rCu-MOF presents higher catalytic activity, good structural stability as well as facile recyclability compared to traditional copper halide catalysts.
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- Q. Fu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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Masuho I, Ostrovskaya O, Kramer GM, Jones CD, Xie K, Martemyanov KA. Distinct profiles of functional discrimination among G proteins determine the actions of G protein-coupled receptors. Sci Signal 2015; 8:ra123. [PMID: 26628681 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aab4068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Members of the heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptor (GPCR) family play key roles in many physiological functions and are extensively exploited pharmacologically to treat diseases. Many of the diverse effects of individual GPCRs on cellular physiology are transduced by heterotrimeric G proteins, which are composed of α, β, and γ subunits. GPCRs interact with and stimulate the binding of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) to the α subunit to initiate signaling. Mammalian genomes encode 16 different G protein α subunits, each one of which has distinct properties. We developed a single-platform, optical strategy to monitor G protein activation in live cells. With this system, we profiled the coupling ability of individual GPCRs for different α subunits, simultaneously quantifying the magnitude of the signal and the rates at which the receptors activated the G proteins. We found that individual receptors engaged multiple G proteins with varying efficacy and kinetics, generating fingerprint-like profiles. Different classes of GPCR ligands, including full and partial agonists, allosteric modulators, and antagonists, distinctly affected these fingerprints to functionally bias GPCR signaling. Finally, we showed that intracellular signaling modulators further altered the G protein-coupling profiles of GPCRs, which suggests that their differential abundance may alter signaling outcomes in a cell-specific manner. These observations suggest that the diversity of the effects of GPCRs on cellular physiology may be determined by their differential engagement of multiple G proteins, coupling to which produces signals with varying signal magnitudes and activation kinetics, properties that may be exploited pharmacologically.
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- Ikuo Masuho
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA.
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Xie K, Masuho I, Shih CC, Cao Y, Sasaki K, Lai CWJ, Han PL, Ueda H, Dessauer CW, Ehrlich ME, Xu B, Willardson BM, Martemyanov KA. Stable G protein-effector complexes in striatal neurons: mechanism of assembly and role in neurotransmitter signaling. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26613416 PMCID: PMC4728126 DOI: 10.7554/elife.10451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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In the striatum, signaling via G protein-coupled neurotransmitter receptors is essential for motor control. Critical to this process is the effector enzyme adenylyl cyclase type 5 (AC5) that produces second messenger cAMP upon receptor-mediated activation by G protein Golf. However, the molecular organization of the Golf-AC5 signaling axis is not well understood. In this study, we report that in the striatum AC5 exists in a stable pre-coupled complex with subunits of Golf heterotrimer. We use genetic mouse models with disruption in individual components of the complex to reveal hierarchical order of interactions required for AC5-Golf stability. We further identify that the assembly of AC5-Golf complex is mediated by PhLP1 chaperone that plays central role in neurotransmitter receptor coupling to cAMP production motor learning. These findings provide evidence for the existence of stable G protein-effector signaling complexes and identify a new component essential for their assembly.
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- Keqiang Xie
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Innovation, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, United States
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Innovation, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.,Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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Qiao J, Yang HB, Peng YL, Meng QL, Chen C, Ma Y, Xie K, Liu TL, Cai XP, Chen CF. Effect of ORF119 gene deletion on the replication and virulence of orf virus. Acta Virol 2015; 59:257-64. [PMID: 26435149 DOI: 10.4149/av_2015_03_257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Orf is a severe infectious disease of sheep and goats caused by orf virus (ORFV). To investigate the role of ORF119 gene of ORFV, we constructed ORFV with deleted ORF119 gene and LacZ as reporter gene (ORFV-Δ119-LacZ) via homologous recombination. The results showed that wild-type ORF-SHZ1 and ORFV-Δ119-LacZ deletion viruses replicated in Vero cells to similar titers. Relative transcriptional levels of virulence genes OVIFNR, GIF, VEGF and VIL-10 of ORFV-Δ119-LacZ deletion virus were slightly but not significantly lower after 24 hr compared with the wtORF-SHZ1 virus. In vivo experiments showed that 2-month-old lambs inoculated with ORFV-Δ119-LacZ deletion virus exhibited a similar total clinical score compared with those inoculated with wtORF-SHZ1 virus. Based on these results, we conclude that deletion of the ORF119 gene has no significant effect on ORFV replication and virulence.
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Orlandi C, Xie K, Masuho I, Fajardo-Serrano A, Lujan R, Martemyanov KA. Orphan Receptor GPR158 Is an Allosteric Modulator of RGS7 Catalytic Activity with an Essential Role in Dictating Its Expression and Localization in the Brain. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:13622-39. [PMID: 25792749 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.645374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Regulators of G protein signaling control the duration and extent of signaling via G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) pathways by accelerating the GTP hydrolysis on G protein α subunits thereby promoting termination of GPCR signaling. A member of this family, RGS7, plays a critical role in the nervous system where it regulates multiple neurotransmitter GPCRs that mediate vision, memory, and the action of addictive drugs. Previous studies have established that in vivo RGS7 forms mutually exclusive complexes with the membrane protein RGS7-binding protein or the orphan receptor GPR158. In this study, we examine the impact of GPR158 on RGS7 in the brain. We report that knock-out of GPR158 in mice results in marked post-transcriptional destabilization of RGS7 and substantial loss of its association with membranes in several brain regions. We further identified the RGS7-binding site in the C terminus of GPR158 and found that it shares significant homology with the RGS7-binding protein. The proximal portion of the GPR158 C terminus additionally contained a conserved sequence that was capable of enhancing RGS7 GTPase-activating protein activity in solution by an allosteric mechanism acting in conjunction with the regulators of the G protein signaling-binding domain. The distal portion of the GPR158 C terminus contained several phosphodiesterase E γ-like motifs and selectively recruited G proteins in their activated state. The results of this study establish GPR158 as an essential regulator of RGS7 in the native nervous system with a critical role in controlling its expression, membrane localization, and catalytic activity.
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- Cesare Orlandi
- From the Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida 33458 and
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- From the Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida 33458 and
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- From the Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida 33458 and
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- the Instituto de Investigación en Descapacidades Neuronales (IDINE), Departamento de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain
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- the Instituto de Investigación en Descapacidades Neuronales (IDINE), Departamento de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain
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- From the Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida 33458 and
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Meng L, Qu J, Guo Q, Xie K, Zhang P, Han L, Zhang G, Qi T. Recovery of Ni, Co, Mn, and Mg from nickel laterite ores using alkaline oxidation and hydrochloric acid leaching. Sep Purif Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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AbstractIn this study, an efficient and reproducible plant regeneration system for lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) was established using shoot apical meristems from the buds and one-week-old aseptically germinated embryos as explants. Multiple shoot clumps were induced on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium supplemented with various combinations of N6-Benzylaminopurine (6-BA) and α-Naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). The maximum response was obtained with 2.22 μM 6-BA, and produced 21.33 shoots per explant after four weeks. After five subcultures, multiple shoot clumps were transferred to MS basal medium supplemented with various combinations of 3-Indolebutyric acid (IBA), NAA and sucrose for root induction. After four weeks, plantlets with well-developed roots were achieved on MS basal medium supplemented with 0.54 μM NAA and 30 g/L sucrose with 100% rooting rate. The successfully acclimated plantlets were transferred to pots with the addition of 2 g/L KMnO4 into the soils, and finally fertile plants with much bigger leaves were obtained in the greenhouse. The survival rate was 97.33%.
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Xie K, Fu Q, He Y, Kim J, Goh SJ, Nam E, Qiao GG, Webley PA. Synthesis of well dispersed polymer grafted metal–organic framework nanoparticles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:15566-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06694h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We prepared novel polymer grafted MOF nanoparticles for the first time with excellent water dispersity and significantly enhanced catalytic effect.
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- K. Xie
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- The University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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He Z, Meng Q, Qiao J, Peng Y, Xie K, Liu Y, Cai X, Zhang J, Chen C. Mixed Nipple Infections Caused by Variant of BPV3 and a Putative New Subtype of BPV in Cattle. Transbound Emerg Dis 2014; 63:e140-3. [PMID: 24894388 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bovine papilloma is a chronic and proliferative skin and mucosal wart caused by Bovine papillomavirus (BPV). In June, 2013, a leaf-and flat-shaped wart disease was observed on the nipple skins in a cattle farm in Xinjiang. To diagnose the disease, we collected the diseased skins for pathological biopsy and DNA analysis by PCR amplification using a pair of degenerate primers FAP59 and FAP64. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis showed that the infection was caused by a variant of BPV3 and putatively a new subtype of BPV (BPV/CHI-SW1, belonging to the Xi papillomavirus genus). This is the first report of mixed infection caused by variant of BPV3 and BPV (putatively new subtype) in China, and would be of importance for the molecular epidemiological study of the disease.
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- Z He
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China
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- Veterinary Station of Shawan County, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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Li D, Wei X, Xie K, Chen K, Li J, Fang J. A novel decoy receptor fusion protein for FGF-2 potently inhibits tumour growth. Br J Cancer 2014; 111:68-77. [PMID: 24874473 PMCID: PMC4090743 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Antiangiogenic therapies have been proven effective in cancer treatment. Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) has been functionally implicated in tumour angiogenesis and is an important target of antiangiogenic therapies. The aim of this work was to develop a novel FGF-2 inhibitor for cancer therapy. METHODS Eleven fusion proteins were developed by fusing various truncated extracellular regions of FGFR1 with the Fc region of IgG1. The optimal decoy receptor fusion protein with the highest binding affinity for FGF-2 was identified by an FGF-2-binding assay and its potential antitumour effects were investigated. RESULTS We obtained a soluble decoy receptor fusion protein with the highest binding activity for FGF-2, named FGF-Trap. Fibroblast growth factor-Trap significantly abolished FGF-2-stimulated activation of FGF signalling as demonstrated by its suppression of FGF-2-mediated phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and Akt, upregulation of cyclins D1 and E and the increase in mRNA levels of vascular endothelial growth factor R1 and R2 (VEGFR1 and VEGFR2). Furthermore, FGF-Trap effectively suppressed FGF-2-induced proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro. Most importantly, FGF-Trap potently inhibited tumour growth and angiogenesis in Caki-1 and A549 xenograft models in vivo. CONCLUSIONS Fibroblast growth factor-Trap potently inhibits tumour growth by blocking FGF-2 signalling pathways and could be an effective therapeutic agent for cancer patients.
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Ostrovskaya O, Xie K, Masuho I, Fajardo-Serrano A, Lujan R, Wickman K, Martemyanov KA. RGS7/Gβ5/R7BP complex regulates synaptic plasticity and memory by modulating hippocampal GABABR-GIRK signaling. eLife 2014; 3:e02053. [PMID: 24755289 PMCID: PMC3988575 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the hippocampus, the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA shapes the activity of the output pyramidal neurons and plays important role in cognition. Most of its inhibitory effects are mediated by signaling from GABAB receptor to the G protein-gated Inwardly-rectifying K+ (GIRK) channels. Here, we show that RGS7, in cooperation with its binding partner R7BP, regulates GABABR-GIRK signaling in hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Deletion of RGS7 in mice dramatically sensitizes GIRK responses to GABAB receptor stimulation and markedly slows channel deactivation kinetics. Enhanced activity of this signaling pathway leads to decreased neuronal excitability and selective disruption of inhibitory forms of synaptic plasticity. As a result, mice lacking RGS7 exhibit deficits in learning and memory. We further report that RGS7 is selectively modulated by its membrane anchoring subunit R7BP, which sets the dynamic range of GIRK responses. Together, these results demonstrate a novel role of RGS7 in hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory formation. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02053.001 Neurons communicate with one another at junctions called synapses. The arrival of an electrical signal known as an action potential at the first cell causes molecules known as neurotransmitters to be released into the synapse. These molecules diffuse across the gap between the neurons and bind to receptors on the receiving cell. Some neurotransmitters, such as glutamate, activate cells when they bind to receptors, thus making it easier for the second neuron to ‘fire’ (i.e., to generate an action potential). By contrast, other neurotransmitters, such as GABA, usually make it harder for the second neuron to fire. Many of the effects of GABA involve a type of receptor called GABAB. When GABA binds to one of these receptors, a molecule called a G-protein is recruited to the receptor. This activates the G-protein, triggering a cascade of events inside the cell that lead ultimately to the opening of potassium ion channels, which as known as GIRKs, in the cell membrane. Positively charged potassium ions then leave the cell through these channels, and this makes it more difficult for the cell to fire. Now, Ostrovskaya et al. have revealed that a complex of three proteins regulates the interaction between GABAB receptors and GIRK channels. In neurons that lack either of these proteins, the receptors have less influence on GIRKs than in normal cells. Moreover, mice that lack one of the proteins (called RGS7) perform less well in various learning and memory tests: for example, they take longer than normal animals to learn the location of an escape platform in a water maze, or to retain a memory of a fearful event. By identifying the proteins that regulate the interaction between GABAB receptors and GIRKs, Ostrovskaya et al. have helped to unravel a key signaling cascade relevant to cognition. Given that GIRK channels have recently been implicated in Down’s syndrome, these insights may also increase understanding of cognitive impairments in neuropsychiatric disorders. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02053.002
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- Olga Ostrovskaya
- Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, United States
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Xue Y, Wu G, Liao Y, Xiao G, Ma X, Zou X, Zhang G, Xiao R, Wang X, Liu Q, Long D, Yang J, Xu H, Liu F, Liu M, Xie K, Huang R. GOLPH3 is a novel marker of poor prognosis and a potential therapeutic target in human renal cell carcinoma. Br J Cancer 2014; 110:2250-60. [PMID: 24595000 PMCID: PMC4007226 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background: Golgi phosphoprotein 3 (GOLPH3) has been reported to be involved in the development of several human cancers. The present study was conducted to investigate the expression of GOLPH3 and its prognostic significance in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Meanwhile, the function of GOLPH3 in human RCC was further investigated in cell culture models. Methods: Expression of GOLPH3 was examined in 43 fresh RCC tissues and paired adjacent normal renal tissues by real-time quantitative PCR and western blotting. Immunohistochemistry for GOLPH3 was performed on additional 218 RCC tissues. The clinical significance of GOLPH3 expression was analysed. Downregulation of GOLPH3 was performed using small-interfering RNA (siRNA) in Caki-1 and 786-O cells with high abundance of GOLPH3, and the effects of GOLPH3 silencing on cell proliferation, migration, invasion in vitro, and tumour growth in vivo were evaluated. Results: Expression of GOLPH3 was upregulated in the majority of the RCC clinical tissue specimens at both mRNA and protein levels. Clinicopathological analysis showed that GOLPH3 expression was significantly correlated with T stage (P<0.001), lymph-node status (P=0.003), distant metastasis (P<0.001), tumour-node-metastasis (TNM) stage (P<0.001), and Fuhman grade (P=0.001). Expression of GOLPH3 was inversely correlated with both overall and recurrence-free survival of RCC patients. Multivariate analysis showed that GOLPH3 expression was an independent prognostic indicator for patient's survival. Knockdown of the GOLPH3 expression reduced cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, migration, invasion, and tumour growth in xenograft model mice. Conclusions: These results suggest that GOLPH3 expression is likely to have important roles in RCC development and progression, and that GOLPH3 is a prognostic biomarker and a promising therapeutic target for RCC.
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- Y Xue
- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Graduate School, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No. 23, Qing Nian Road, Ganzhou 341000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Graduate School, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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